AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Connecting auto finance, risk management & interest rates ahead of Fed’s last policy meeting of year
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 10:23 AM
COMMENTARY: A dealer's 2026 strategy guide for F&I in the new age of affordability
Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 09:55 AM
Growing volume of paper booked in Q3 has terms stretching toward 2033
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 10:58 AM
Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
CPS on originations pace to run ‘very stable company’
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, 03:03 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Some finance companies might see success as the more originations, the better. That’s not quite the case at Consumer Portfolio Services as a strategy chairman and chief executive officer Brad Bradley thought would be successful during the worst part of ... [Read More]
Latest securitizations by Credit Acceptance and CPS approach $550 million
Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, 02:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance and Consumer Portfolio Services each pushed out securitizations recently, and the combined total offered by the auto finance companies that specialize in subprime paper reached nearly $550 million. The larger of the two developments was from Credit Acceptance, ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market
Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals
Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents
As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)
Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance
Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos
Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI
The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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GrooveCar brings on 25 new credit union partners in Q3
Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, 02:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More than 300,000 additional credit union members might be using GrooveCar’s platform to make a vehicle purchase. The buying resource enjoyed another busy quarter and signed up 25 new partners in Q3. “GrooveCar puts the platform in the hands of ... [Read More]
PwC to present picture of how robotic technology could impact auto finance
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, 03:34 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Craig Schleicher of PwC sees robotic features having a much greater presence in auto finance in the not-so-distant future. No, C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars likely aren’t taking over underwriting and servicing vehicle installment contracts, but the manager of consumer ... [Read More]
UPDATED: Pence’s tiebreaking Senate vote halts CFPB’s arbitration rule
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, 12:15 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While the agency director expressed his disappointment, dealerships and auto finance companies can breathe a big sigh of relief; Congress has stopped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule. With Vice President Pence casting the deciding vote late on Tuesday ... [Read More]
FactorTrust rolls out credit monitoring solution
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, 12:20 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Your customers now have another option to watch for activity associated with their credit file. On Tuesday, Used Car Week sponsor FactorTrust launched what’s being dubbed FactorTrust Credit Monitoring, a service that can observe activity within the FactorTrust credit file. ... [Read More]
4 suggestions to combat cyberattacks
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, 03:23 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
David Kennedy of First Credit Resources, who is the current president of the American Recovery Association and one of the speakers on tap for Used Car Week, offered four suggestions for what protective moves repossession agencies, another other service providers, should ... [Read More]
White Clarke Group unveils global cloud platform
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, 03:21 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday, White Clarke Group announced the release of a new fully cloud-hosted version of its CALMS complete lifecycle credit processing and administration platform for the automotive, consumer and equipment finance industry via its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). ... [Read More]
2 primary reasons why social media is still not viable for underwriting
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, 03:20 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
No doubt, finance companies are looking for whatever reliable piece of information they can examine while they’re first deciding if they should make an auto finance offer to a potential vehicle buyer and then exploring what terms and down payment ... [Read More]
Auto defaults jump by 10 basis points in September
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, 09:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto defaults continued their cyclical move higher in September, crossing the 1-percent threshold and landing at nearly the highest spot in three years. The data through September reviewed by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian showed that auto finance defaults ... [Read More]
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